Huge day for President Donald Trump.  First, he  met in the White House with Saudi Arabia Crown  Prince Mohammed bin Salman  ( MBS ), a man who soon will be king.  His father, King Salman, is 86 years old and frail. They were exceedingly friendly to each other.   The last time they met in DC was in 2017 in Trump's first term. The 2018  Jamal Khashoggi matter  came up, and Trump brushed that off in the same manner that he lies about in his own affairs. On the Gaza strip issue, MBS steered closer to joining the  Abraham Accords  and indicated support for Palestinian statehood. Saudi Arabia will invest $1 trillion in the U.S . Trump agreed to sell F-35 jets to Saudi Arabia. These fighters cost around $100 million each, and 48 will  be sold. The total investment will approach $4 billion when you add parts, services, etc. The deal will be similar to what Israel got. Looked like an ambush, but... Vanessa Balintec and Zoe Law A report...

SORRY, BUT SATELLITE CONNECTION IN ARABIAN/INDIAN OCEAN WAS NONEXISTENT.  So today, two postings. Two days ago, I shared some facts about petroleum, and how this resource would run out in less than 50 years.  Notice that President Joe Biden  opened up oil trade again with Venezuela .  They only have more oil reserves than any other country, even more than Saudi Arabia.  So, anyway, what are countries of the Arabian Peninsula doing about the inevitability of running out of oil in less than half a century? The United Arab Emirates is attempting to gain the travel interest of the world by building the biggest of almost everything.  They figure that people would want to visit a country with these attractions.  It seems to be working. Dubai in particular began with pearls, shifted to oil, and quickly ran out of this resource, so turned to finances and tourism, t hrough having : Ain Dubai, the world's largest Ferris Wheel, which opened last year.  From ...